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Jung Jae-young (Jeong Ji-hyeon) was born on 21 November, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean actor (born 1970). Discover Jung Jae-young's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

Popular As Jeong Ji-hyeon
Occupation Actor
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 21 November, 1970
Birthday 21 November
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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Jung Jae-young Height, Weight & Measurements

At 53 years old, Jung Jae-young height is 1.8 m .

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Height 1.8 m
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Who Is Jung Jae-young's Wife?

His wife is Kim Jeong-eun (m. 1998)

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Wife Kim Jeong-eun (m. 1998)
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Jung Jae-young Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jung Jae-young worth at the age of 53 years old? Jung Jae-young’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from South Korea. We have estimated Jung Jae-young's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Timeline

1935

For his performance in Right Now, Wrong Then, Jung also won Best Actor at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 53rd Gijon International Film Festival, and 3rd Wildflower Film Awards.

In the same year, he starred in a comedy film You Call It Passion.

1967

The film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

The following year, Jung played in his second television series Partners for Justice.

1968

The film won the Golden Leopard, the top prize at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival, as well as Best Actor for Jung.

1970

Jeong Jae-yeong (born Jeong Ji-hyeon; November 21, 1970) is a South Korean actor.

1990

Jung completed his education at Seoul Hanyeong High School and then in 1990 enrolled to Department of Theater of Seoul Institute of the Arts.

During his time in university he participated in a play and received recognition for his outstanding performance, which greatly influenced his career trajectory.

From his early days as a theater actor, Jung Jae-young has collaborated with director Jang Jin, who was a year ahead of him in the Department of Theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts.

He made his debut in the theater production "Heotang" and subsequently appeared in "Leave When I Clap," "Liar," and "Magic Time."

1997

Jung Jae-young started his career taking minor roles in films ranging from his debut The Adventures of Mrs. Park to Green Fish (1997), The Quiet Family (1998), and Die Bad (2000).

However throughout this period he was primarily occupied with works by director/playwright Jang Jin, both on the stage and in minor roles for the films The Happenings and The Spy.

2001

He is known for starring in the films Guns & Talks (2001), Silmido (2003), Someone Special (2004), Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), Public Enemy Returns (2008), Castaway on the Moon (2009), Moss (2010), Confession of Murder (2012), Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023), as well as the television series Partners for Justice (2018–19).

Jung's first prominent film role came in Jang Jin's third film Guns & Talks in 2001, where he played one member of the film's central quartet of assassins.

The following year, he played a ruthless, cruel-minded hustler in Ryoo Seung-wan's No Blood No Tears.

2003

In 2003, his role as a death row convict turned soldier in the record-breaking Silmido marked the height of this stage of his career.

2004

In 2004, Jung reunited with Jang in a romantic comedy Someone Special which provided him with his first lead role.

For his performance in the film, he won Best Actor award at Busan Film Critics Awards.

He then starred in a commercially and critically successful film Welcome to Dongmakgol.

The film was based on one of Jang Jin's plays which Jung had also performed in.

For his performance as a war-weary North Korean officer who befriends his counterparts from the South, Jung won Best Actor at Director's Cut Awards.

2005

From 2005 to 2009, Jung played a string of various roles; from a shy rural farmer who travels to Uzbekistan in the hopes of finding a wife in Wedding Campaign, a betrayed gangster in Righteous Ties, a cop during a bank robbery drill gone awry in Going by the Book, a CEO under investigation in Public Enemy Returns, to a Joseon merchant who gets drawn into plans for developing a rocket against the Ming Dynasty in The Divine Weapon, and a suicidal man who finds himself washed up and stranded on an uninhabited island in Castaway on the Moon.

2010

In 2010, Jung starred as a sinister 70-year-old village elder in the film adaptation of the popular webcomic Moss.

His performance in Moss won him Buil Film Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actor.

The following year, Jung was cast as a fading baseball star who is forced to coach a team of hearing-impaired kids in GLove, and a cold-hearted debt collector who needs a transplant in Countdown.

2014

Jung returned in 2014 as a detective facing off against a bestselling novelist who makes a Confession of Murder, an obsessive-compulsive who falls for a carefree musician in rom-com The Plan Man, a father tracking down his daughter's killers in Broken, and an undercover assassin who tries to protect King Jeongjo in a period drama The Fatal Encounter.

2015

In 2015, Jung was cast in his first ever television series as a welder-turned-rookie lawmaker in political drama Assembly.

He next starred as a detective in science fiction thriller Duel, followed by Hong Sang-soo's film Right Now, Wrong Then.

2017

Jung reunited with Hong Sang-soo in a 2017 film On the Beach at Night Alone.

2018

For his performance in the series, Jung won Top Excellence Award at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards.

2019

In 2019, Jung played Joon-gul in a comedy film The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale.

In 2021, Jung will appear in the MBC drama On the Verge of Insanity aired on MBC, alongside Moon So-ri and Lee Sang-yeob.